Paper-pulling structure of cleaning paper roll

ABSTRACT

A paper-pulling structure of a cleaning paper roll is provided and includes the cleaning paper roll and a container. The cleaning paper roll is a cylindrical structure provided therein with a cylindrical hollow core and formed by winding around the cylindrical hollow core a cleaning paper which is long and continuous. The container shuts in and contains the cleaning paper roll. The container includes a tearable perforation disposed on the container and corresponding in position to an outer side of an end of the cylindrical hollow core. As soon as the tearable perforation is torn apart by a user to form a tearable opening, an end of the cleaning paper below the outer side of the cylindrical hollow core can be pulled out by the user to protrude from the tearable opening and be exposed. Hence, the user can operate the cleaning paper roll by giving a center pull thereto.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to cleaning paper rolls, and moreparticularly, to a pull-based paper-pulling structure of a cleaningpaper roll.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A user grips and pulls the outermost layer of a conventional tissuepaper roll such that the conventional tissue paper roll rotates untilthe tissue paper of a desired length is available. Then, the user tearsthe tissue paper of the desired length off the body of the tissue paperroll. The user is likely to sever the tissue paper inadvertently whilepulling it and rotating the tissue paper roll entirely. Furthermore, theuser has to perform the aforesaid process with both hands simultaneously(with one hand holding the tissue paper roll, and the other hand tearingthe tissue paper), thereby bringing inconvenience to the user, becausethe user's two hands must be dedicated to the aforesaid process. Bycontrast, the user starts taking conventional center pull tissue paperfrom its uppermost layer. The conventional center pull tissue paperconsists of stacked layers of tissue paper, wherein the tissue paperlayers are folded and stacked alternately. Although the conventionalcenter pull tissue paper manifests ease of use, it has two drawbacks.First, it incurs a waste of the tissue paper as a result of a tissuepaper cutting procedure carried out during the manufacturing process.Second, the conventional center pull tissue paper predisposes users totaking too much tissue paper inadvertently.

In view of the drawbacks of conventional tissue paper rolls andconventional center pull tissue paper, the inventor of the presentinvention realizes there is much room for improvement on the prior artand devises a paper-pulling structure of a cleaning paper roll such thatusers can start using the cleaning paper roll by pulling it.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an objective of the present invention to provide a paper-pullingstructure of a cleaning paper roll such that users can start using thecleaning paper roll by pulling it.

In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the presentinvention provides a paper-pulling structure of a cleaning paper roll,comprising: a cleaning paper roll being a cylindrical structure providedtherein with a cylindrical hollow core and formed by winding a longcontinuous cleaning paper around the cylindrical hollow core; and acontainer for shutting in and containing the cleaning paper roll, thecontainer comprising at least one tearable perforation disposed on thecontainer and corresponding in position to an outer side of an end ofthe cylindrical hollow core, wherein, as soon as the at least onetearable perforation is torn apart by a user to form a tearable opening,an end of the cleaning paper below the outer side of the cylindricalhollow core can be pulled out by the user to protrude from the tearableopening and thus be exposed.

The other functions and technical features of the present invention arefurther described below, so that persons skilled in the art canimplement the present invention in accordance with the descriptionbelow.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Technical features and advantages of the present invention are hereunderillustrated with preferred embodiments in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a paper-pulling structure of a cleaningpaper roll according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the paper-pulling structure in operationaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the paper-pulling structure and thecleaning paper roll according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the paper-pulling structure of acleaning paper roll according to a variant embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the paper-pulling structure shown inFIG. 4 and operating according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a covering element of the paper-pullingstructure according to another variant embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the covering element of thepaper-pulling structure according to yet another variant embodiment ofthe present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the covering element of thepaper-pulling structure according to a further variant embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, a paper-pulling structure 1 of a cleaningpaper roll according to the present invention comprises a cleaning paperroll 11 and a container 13 which are described below. The cleaning paperroll 11 is a cylindrical structure provided therein with a cylindricalhollow core and formed by winding around the cylindrical hollow core acleaning paper 11′ which is long and continuous. The cleaning paper 11′is made of the same material as conventional facial tissue, conventionaltissue paper, conventional napkin paper, conventional kitchen paper,conventional toilet paper, or conventional industrial cleaning paper.

The container 13 shuts in and contains the cleaning paper roll 11. Thecontainer 13 comprises a tearable opening 131. The tearable opening 131is disposed at the container 13 and corresponds in position to the outerside of one of the ends of a hollow post 11 b. The container 13 is madeof a soft plastic material, a general paper material, an oily papermaterial, a waterproof paper material, or any other appropriatematerial. The container 13 further comprises at least one tearableperforation 131′. As soon as the tearable perforation 131′ is torn apartby a user (not shown), the tearable opening 131 is formed on thecontainer 13. Alternatively, the tearable perforation 131′ defines aclosed region when torn apart. For example, the tearable perforation131′ follows a round path and thereby forms the round tearable opening131, and, alternatively, the tearable perforation 131′ follows arectangular path and thereby forms the rectangular tearable opening 131.

Referring to FIGS. 2, 3, the operation of the paper-pulling structure 1of a cleaning paper roll according to the present invention isdescribed. The user tears the tearable perforation 131′ apart, such thatthe tearable opening 131 is formed on the container 13. Then, the userpasses his or her fingers through the tearable opening 131 to reach theinside of the hollow post 11 b and pull an end 11 a of the cleaningpaper 11′, wherein the end 11 a corresponds in position to the inneredge of the hollow post 11 b. Afterward, the user pulls the end 11 a ofthe cleaning paper roll 11 until the end 11 a passes through and sticksout the tearable opening 131 to expose from the container 13. Since thecleaning paper roll 11 is essentially a piece of long and continuouspaper, the user can grip the end 11′ a of the cleaning paper roll 11 andpull it until a desired length of the cleaning paper 11′ is exposed; atthis point in time, the user stops pulling the cleaning paper 11′ andtears apart the cleaning paper 11′ to thereby separate the exposedcleaning paper 11′ of the desired length from the cleaning paper roll11. The user repeats the aforesaid process as needed, until the cleaningpaper roll 11 runs out.

Referring to FIG. 4, to make it easy for the user to pull paper from acleaning paper roll and prevent the cleaning paper roll from slidingduring the paper pulling process and thus compromising ease of use, thepaper-pulling structure 1 of the present invention further comprises anadhesive 15 and a covering element 17. The adhesive 15 is optionallydisposed on the external surface of the container 13. For example, theadhesive 15 is disposed on the external surface of the container 13 andcorresponds in position to the outer side of the other end of the hollowpost 11 b; in other words, the position of the adhesive 15 is oppositeto that of the tearable opening 131. Alternatively, the adhesive 15 isoptionally disposed on the covering element 17. A portion of thecovering element 17 covers the adhesive 15 on the container 13.Referring to FIG. 5, to start using the cleaning paper roll 11, the usereither removes the portion of the covering element 17 which covers theadhesive 15 or removes the covering element 17 entirely, such that theadhesive 15 is exposed. Then, the user has the adhesive 15 affixed tothe surface of an object 2, such that both the container 13 and thecleaning paper roll 11 therein are fixed to the object 2. At this pointin time, with the cleaning paper roll 11 being fixed to the object 2 bymeans of the adhesive 15, the cleaning paper roll 11 is prevented fromsliding during the paper pulling process. Examples of the object 2include the top of a desk, a wall surface, an oblique surface, and theinside of a vehicle.

Alternatively, the adhesive 15 may be located appropriately at anywhereon the container 13.

Referring to FIG. 4, the covering element 17 does not protrude from thecontainer 13. Referring to FIG. 6, there is shown a perspective view ofthe covering element 17 of the paper-pulling structure according toanother variant embodiment of the present invention, wherein one end ofthe covering element 17 protrudes from the container 13. Referring toFIG. 7, there is shown a perspective view of the covering element 17according to yet another variant embodiment of the present invention,wherein both ends of the covering element 17 protrude from the container13. Referring to FIG. 6, the covering element 17 has at least onehanging hole 17 a for hanging the cleaning paper roll 11 on a hook, alinear object or a rod-shaped object. The covering element 17 is made ofthe same material as the container 13 is or made of a soft plasticmaterial, a general paper material, an oily paper material, a waterproofpaper material, or any other appropriate material. The covering element17 is of a plane geometric shape or is foldably compressibly stackablythree-dimensional bag-shaped. If the covering element 17 isthree-dimensional bag-shaped, the unfolded bag-shaped covering element17 is capable of containing an object, for example, containing used anddiscarded tissue paper on an ad hoc basis.

The covering element 17 comes in the form of a self-contained singleelement. Referring to FIGS. 4, 6, 7, the covering element 17 is aself-contained single element. Alternatively, the covering element 17and the container 13 are integrally formed as a unitary structure.

Referring to FIG. 8, the covering element 17 and the container 13 areintegrally formed as a unitary structure. Furthermore, it is alsofeasible for the adhesive 15 to be positioned on the covering element17. The adhesive 15 on the covering element 17 can be affixed to theobject 2. Alternatively, the adhesive 15 on the covering element 17 canbe affixed to the container 13 so as to form a space between thecovering element 17 and the container 13. A rod-shaped object, ahook-shaped object, or a linear object penetrates the space, such thatthe cleaning paper roll 11 can enclose and be hung at the rod-shapedobject, the hook-shaped, or the linear object, thereby fixing the tissuepaper roll in place entirely or partially.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a paper-pulling structure 1of a cleaning paper roll, characterized in that: from a structuralperspective, the paper-pulling structure enables a user to manipulatethe cleaning paper roll by giving a center pull thereto; and thepaper-pulling structure includes an adhesive adapted to be affixed to anobject 2 such that, during the paper pulling process performed by theuser, it is feasible to prevent the cleaning paper roll from sliding,prevent the otherwise stationary cleaning paper roll from being swayedby a gust of wind, and prevent the cleaning paper roll from being movedwhen hit inadvertently.

Hence, the present invention meets the three requirements ofpatentability, namely novelty, non-obviousness, and industrialapplicability.

The present invention is disclosed above by preferred embodiments.However, persons skilled in the art should understand that the preferredembodiments are illustrative of the present invention only, but shouldnot be interpreted as restrictive of the scope of the present invention.Hence, all equivalent changes and modifications made to the aforesaidembodiments should fall within the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A paper-pulling structure of a cleaning paperroll, comprising: a cleaning paper roll being a cylindrical structureprovided therein with a cylindrical hollow core and formed by winding along continuous cleaning paper around the cylindrical hollow core; and acontainer for shutting in and containing the cleaning paper roll, thecontainer comprising at least one tearable perforation disposed on thecontainer and corresponding in position to an outer side of an end ofthe cylindrical hollow core, wherein, as soon as the at least onetearable perforation is torn apart by a user to form a terable opening,an end of the cleaning paper below the outer side of the cylindricalhollow core can be pulled out by a user to protrude from the tearableopening and thus be exposed.
 2. The paper-pulling structure of claim 1,wherein the container is made of one of a soft plastic material, a papermaterial, an oily paper material, and a waterproof paper material. 3.The paper-pulling structure of claim 1, further comprising: an adhesivedisposed on an external surface of the container and/or a coveringelement; and the covering element, wherein a portion of the coveringelement covers the adhesive on the container, wherein, after the portionof the covering element which covers the adhesive has been removed, theexposed adhesive can be affixed to a surface of an object such that thecontainer and the cleaning paper roll therein are fixed to the object.4. The paper-pulling structure of claim 3, wherein another portion ofthe covering element protrudes from the container.
 5. The paper-pullingstructure of claim 3, wherein the covering element is made of samematerial as the container is or is made of one of a soft plasticmaterial, a paper material, an oily paper material, and a waterproofpaper material.
 6. The paper-pulling structure of claim 3, wherein thecovering element is of a plane geometric shape or is foldablycompressibly stackably three-dimensional bag-shaped.
 7. Thepaper-pulling structure of claim 3, wherein the covering element furthercomprises at least one hanging hole.
 8. The paper-pulling structure ofclaim I, wherein the cleaning paper is made of one of a facial tissuematerial, a tissue paper material, a napkin paper material, a kitchenpaper material, a toilet paper material, and an industrial cleaningpaper material.
 9. The paper-pulling structure of claim 1, wherein thecontainer further comprises at least one tearable perforation or atearable perforation which defines a closed region, wherein the tearableperforation is for use in forming the tearable opening.